What would be the best way to paraphrase the underlined
passage from Section 7 of
Franklin's "Daylight Saving"?

A. I did a great deal of math to figure out
why the sun stays down so long.

B. My frugality caused me to do some
math, because I wanted to know if my
idea could save us money.

C. I wanted to know if I could increase my
income if I came up with the idea of
daylight savings.

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.

lol sure. you actually used points for this?